Niger Delta group decries $40/barrel oil production, set agenda for NNPCL

The Community Development Committees of Niger Delta Oil and Gas Producing Areas (CDC) has urged the newly-appointed leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) led by Bayo Ojulari to pursue a bold and reform-driven agenda aimed at …

ECOWAS gets Tinubu’s acclaim on regional integration, meets over Niger, Mali, B’Faso exit

President Bola Tinubu has lauded the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for fostering regional integration.   Represented by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, yesterday, in Accra, Ghana, at the launch of a series …

Anybody found with dreadlocks in Niger should be arrested – Governor Bago

Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has directed security operatives to arrest individuals with dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital, as part of a crackdown on what he described as “rascality.” Speaking during a stakeholders’ security meeting at the …

Tinubu, Ribadu urged to address rising tensions in Niger Delta

The Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM), a coalition representing 130 pan-Yoruba socio-political and professional organisations, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in what it describes as growing unrest in the Niger Delta. The …

Niger: Police Arrest 30 Illegal Miners in Minna

Laleye Dipo in Minna The police in Minna Niger State have said that no fewer than 30 miners were at the weekend arrested from an illegal mining site in the state capital with several of the illegal miners escaping on seeing the law enforcement agency. The …

Coalition seeks Tinubu’s Intervention on rising tensions in Niger Delta

By Lukman Olabiyi A coalition of over 130 pan-Yoruba groups under the banner of the Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM), has called on President Bola Tinubu to take immediate action to avert a looming crisis in the Niger Delta . The group …

Niger gov goes tough on criminality, orders shoot-at-sight

From John Adams, Minna Niger State Governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago, has read the riot act to criminals to steer clear of the state, as he ordered security agencies to shoot on sight any criminal element troubling the state. Bago announced some drastic …

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has directed security operatives to arrest and treat anyone found with knives and ...

  Alexa News Nigeria reports that this pronouncement coincided with the governor’s imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew across Minna on Tuesday. Additionally, Bago issued a directive during a security meeting that anyone found wearing dreadlocks should be …

'No room for rascality,' Niger gov orders arrest of persons with dreadlocks

Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has directed security agencies to arrest individuals wearing dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital. Speaking at a stakeholders’ security meeting held at the Government House on Tuesday, the governor said the hair of such …

Niger College Old Students Association Set Of 1986-2000 Holds Yearly Meeting In A Grand Style